Gohyakumangoku

Gohyakumangoku (五百万石): Sake rice grown widely in Niigata and beyond. Clean, light sake.

Japanese
五百万石(ごひゃくまんごく)
Group
Sake rice

From “Sake regions and breweries”

One of the prefectures with the most breweries, famous for tanrei karakuchi (light and dry) from snow-melt water and Gohyakumangoku rice. Home of the Echigo toji.

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